Northants recorded their first win in seven T20 Blast matches as they dented Birmingham Bears' dwindling hopes of a home quarter-final.

After Kyle Coetzer's 40, Northants slumped to 90-7, only for some spectacular hitting from Graeme White, who made 34 off 12 balls, to carry them to a total of 139-8.

Shoaib Malik kept the Bears in it with 47 until he was seventh out on 101.

Bears' losing streak

After comfortably losing their local derby to Worcestershire at New Road, the Bears also went down to a painful defeat in their next game when Derbyshire recorded their highest successful domestic Twenty20, chasing 194 to win at Derby

Jeetan Patel hit 21 but the Bears could make only 124-9 to lose by 15 runs.

Northants had loan signing Adam Rossington making his debut following his move from Middlesex earlier in the day.

He provided a brief glimpse of his ability before becoming off spinner Jeetan Patel's first wicket - his 100th scalp in Twenty20 cricket.

The New Zealand international picked up two more to take 3-19 as he applied the brake in the middle overs.